This time two years ago, Kerber had never reached a grand slam final and was viewed as something of a almost woman.

"She's played very well in her last two matches, but I'm just looking more about me, just playing my game from the first point and of course just trying to do my best".

The world number 73 eventually succumbed 4-6 6-4 15-13 to conclude the three-and-a-quarter-hour third-round marathon on Rod Laver Arena.

There were 11 service breaks and two medical timeouts - for Davis to get treatment on both feet - before Halep converted on her first match point. The German 21st seed needed only 64 minutes to beat the unseeded Russian 6-1, 6-3 to reach the last 16.

They were hopes that evaporated as Osaka dominated from the first serve.

"Yeah, getting older. I was waking up this morning, I say, "OK, the '2" is gone right no, '" she said with a smile. I mean, you know, I know that I have to play my best tennis again. She's played so good in the last few weeks.

Former world No.1s and ex-Australian Open champions Maria Sharapova of Russian Federation and Angelique Kerber of Germany on Thursday eased past Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova and Croatia's Donna Vekic respectively to set up an intriguing match in the third round of the Australian Open.

Kerber, the 2016 victor, will play Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei, ranked 88th in the world, in the fourth round.

The German 21st seed is the last remaining major victor in the women's field following a streak of first-week upsets.

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